Firm and Provider News

Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. (EBG) has announced that Carl G. Chernoff has joined the firm as of counsel in the firm's New York office.
Mr. Chernoff comes to EBG with 30 years of experience from The Hertz Corporation where he held several positions, first employed as senior staff corporate counsel, later promoted to staff vice president of employment...

Doreen James Wise, R.N., Ed.D., CEO of Medical Research Consultants (MRC) recently announced that MRC has been named a Primary Service Provider by the DuPont Company. The Dupont Legal Model is recognized for its innovative approach to litigation. By closely partnering with its outside Primary Law Firms and Service Providers, it can increase the quality of...

WolfBlock has announced the addition of two new partners and an associate to the firm's Delaware office. Formerly of the Wilmington office of Duane Morris, Thomas P. McGonigle and Shawn P. Tucker joined WolfBlock as partners and George J. Danneman joins the firm as an associate.
Mr. McGonigle is the managing partner of the Delaware office and is a member...

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP partner Joseph J. McHale, has been selected to the International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC), the oldest and most prestigious international organization of attorneys representing corporations and insurers. The IADC's activities benefit not only the invitation only, peer-reviewed members and their clients...

Workshare, the leading provider of Document Integrity applications, recently unveiled a series of new innovations for its DeltaView line, the world's most popular and successful software for document comparison. Workshare released the first piece of the new series: DeltaView PE. It is designed for small business and home office users to access the same...

Holland & Knight has announced that Kathryn Lehman, chief of staff for the House Republican Conference, is joining the firm's Public Policy & Regulation Practice as partner in the Washington, DC office.

William W. Warren Jr., a partner in the Business Department in the Harrisburg office of Saul Ewing LLP and a member of the firm's Construction Industry Service Team and the Technology Transactions and IP Practice Group, was a member of the faculty for Public Contracting in Pennsylvania, a recent two-day Pennsylvania Bar Institute program that covered how...

Fifteen Dutch commercial farmers whose property was taken through expropriation or unlawful acts by the government of Zimbabwe have been notified that their request for arbitration against Zimbabwe was registered on April 15 by the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), a World Bank dispute resolution forum.

Russell G. Ryan, a partner in the special matters and government investigations practice of King & Spalding LLP, has been selected as a recipient of the 2005 Burton Awards for Legal Achievement. The awards are given to partners at only 30 law firms from among the top 500 law firms eligible.
Walter W. Driver, chairman of King & Spalding, said: "...

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP has announced that it has relocated its midtown Manhattan offices to 1177 Avenue of the Americas, between 45th and 46th streets. All phone and fax numbers for the New York City office's lawyers and staff remain unchanged.
The move comes as scheduled - 14 months after the law firm initially announced plans for the...

On March 30, The New York-Presbyterian Hospital, represented by the law firm of Sills Cummis Epstein & Gross P.C.,gained a significant victory when the Hon. Loretta A. Preska of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed with prejudice all of plaintiffs' claims in Kolari v. New-York Presbyterian Hospital, 04-Cv-5505.

The firm of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP recently welcomed John A. Azzarello as a white collar crime/criminal defense partner in its Newark, NJ office. Mr. Azzarello most recently was counsel to the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, more commonly known as the 9/11 Commission.

The international law firm of Chadbourne & Parke LLP has announced that Joseph A. Calvaruso, Walter G. Hanchuck and Kenneth S. Weitzman have joined the firm as partners in the intellectual property practice, effective april 13.The are resident in the firm's New York office.
Mr. Calvaruso is an internationally known IP litigator and is featured in...

Goodwin Procter LLP has announced that Lynne B. Barr has been recognized by the American Bar Association (ABA) Business Law Section with the Jean Allard Glass Cutter Award for her dedication to the ABA and for her excellence as a financial services lawyer. Ms. Barr is a partner in the firm's Financial Services Group and chair of its Consumer Financial...

Torys LLP, a business law firm with more than 330 layers in offices in New York and Toronto, has announced that seven attorneys have been elected to partnership.
In the New York office, the new partners include: Alison D. Bauer, Restructuring and Insolvency; Edward J. Henderson, Litigation, and Alexandra A. Kau, Corporate.
New partners in the Toronto...

SPI Technologies has appointed David Thornquist as its general counsel as well as director of corporate services for its litigation support unit, SPI Litigation Direct. Based in SPI's new corporate offices in midtown Manhattan, Mr. Thornquist will report directly to SPI Technologies' CEO Ernest L. Cu.
Previously, Mr. Thornquist was assistant general...

Carl D. Smallwood, a partner with the Ohio-based law firm of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, was recently named President of the Metropolitan Bar Caucus of the National Conference of Bar Presidents of the American Bar Association.
Mr. Smallwood, a past president of the Columbus Bar Association, has been a member of the Metropolitan Bar Caucus...

Prominent securities litigator Jonathan Polkes has joined the New York office of the firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP.
Mr. Polkes is part of an elite group of attorneys who handle both complex securities litigations and white collar and regulatory matters on behalf of the world's leading financial institutions and corporations. Mr. Polkes will...

Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti LLP partner Victoria A. Morrison has been elected to the American College of Real Estate Lawyers.
Ms. Morrison leads Riker Danzig's commercial real estate group and handles matters relating to the leasing, financing, acquisition, development and sale of commercial, retail, and industrial properties. She also has...